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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARI.
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for their leaving it to you, to make an end of that basyness which he delayed so many years before, and alwayes made some excuse or other by himself or Friends here, when we sent for him to come home, and he was then able to come. But upon the whole matter, we are very confident, if right were done, he would be found greatly in our debt, one instance whereof you will find in the caclosed copy of Letter to Mr Johnsons father [Dec. 1662], wherein you will see what a Hector Mr Jersy was in those dayes, and how liberally he carved for himself by his own confession out of every mans estates: And therefore we can the less think he spared the Companies." This was the Directors' parting shot. When once the release was signed they were only too glad to be quit of their ex-chief and his affairs.
Jearsey continged to reside as "freeman " at Fort St. George, in his own house in Charles Street. In Sept. 1688 his wife Catherine died and was buried in St. Mary's Churchyard on the 27th of the month. Two years later, in Dee. 1690, Jearsey followed her to the grave. He had been in India for forty odd years. He died childless, and what property he left, most likely reverted to his nephew John. The last reference to the man who was for so many years a thorn in the side of the Company occurs in a letter from the Court to Port St. George in Nov. 1699, “We approve of your buying Mr Jearsoyes House for a beating Godown and Granary."
NOTES AND QUERIES. ECLIPSE TALES AMONG THE TELUGUS. THUNDER-A TELUGU SUPERSTITION. 1. Eclipses are caused by the moon's inter
| WENN child is roused from sleep by a loud fering between a money-lender and his client. When the client, exasperated by demands for
thunder-olap, the mother picks it up, and, pressing money, is about to strike the money-lender, the it to her breast, murmurs "Arjuna Sahadeva ? moon intervenes and is partly obscured by the Arjuna Sahadeva." This is an invocation instriker's body.
volving the idea that thunder is caused by the 2. Eclipses are caused by the moon's similarly
Mahabharata heroes Arjuna and Sahadeva. intervening between & sweeper and his son, when the sweeper is about to strike his son with his broom.
X. N. VENKATASWAMI. M. N. VENKATASWAXI.
BOOK-NOTICE. COMMENTARIES BY SRI LAKSHMANA SURI. (Madras, 1904; 280 pages), the Vanfsamharam
WELR the best among Sanskrit kdryas are without title-page, 195 pages), the Anarghard provided with excellent kde, the hitherto avail- ghavam (Tanjore, 1900; 335 pages; price, 2 rupeee), able commentaries on natakas have the disadvan.
and the first half of the Balaramdyanam (Tanjore, tage of being either too short or too diffuse.
1899; 198 pages; price, 14 rapee). All these This defect is now being remedied by a distinguish
editions can be strongly recommended both us ed scholar who is a native of Southern India.
University text-books and for the private use of Mr. N. V. Lakshmana Sastri - or, as he calls
scholars. Another useful work of the Pandit is himself in his books, Sri Lakshmana Sari -
his Bhdratasangraha (Madras, 1904; 159 pages; Sanskrit Pandit of St. Peter's College at Tanjore,
price, 12 annas), & prose epitome of the great is a worthy sucoessor of Mallinátha. His com
Indian epic, which has been approved by the mentaries are full and learned, but at the same
Director of Pablic Instruction, Madras, as a tims clear and practical, and assist not only
suitable text-book for the high-school classes. beginners, but advanced students in understand
The Pandit has also brought out the Sankshiptaing difficult verscs. They have been printed in
ramdyanam (Tanjore, 1901; 41 pages), & abort the last few years in clear Nagarł type and
poetical sketch of the first kedvya by his father embrace two of the three dramas of Bhavabhati:
Mutta Sabba Kavi. Uttarardmacharitam (Kumbakonam, 1900; 209
E. HULTESCH. paged; price, 12 annae) and Mahdotracharitam Halle, 21st April 1905.
